In the history of exploration, Ruy González de Clavijo is one of the names that keeps returning.
The record lists Ruy González de Clavijo as Spanish traveller and writer.
Ruy González de Clavijo was born at Madrid in 1400. His recorded nationality is Crown of Castile.
The Age of Discovery was driven by Iberian crowns, the caravel and the search for a sea route to the spice trade - and it opened the Atlantic world with consequences its sailors never intended.
He is recorded as explorer, diplomat and writer.
Distance was the hardest problem of the pre-modern world, and it was solved by people willing to risk it.
Ruy González de Clavijo died in 1412, aged 12. The routes and charts outlived the journey, which is how exploration is actually measured.
Achievements
- Recorded as explorer, diplomat and writer
